Item Rarity is awesome, but it has to be changed.

Like a lot of people are saying, once you taste the sweet nectar of Item Rarity there is no going back.

Anyone who have ran with low/no rarity then played with higher rarity can attest to this it's night and day difference, we play ARPG for the dopamine of high damage numbers and phat loot. Most of the time with rarity you get non of the two unfortunately, since its only a small portion of the population that has access to the best in slot items that are required to achieve both goals at the same time.

I play most games through group play (PoE 2 is no exception) when I go to solo T15 maps for loot it just super bland. My rarity is not super low, nor super high, 95% and 140% on two separate characters. Seeing most elites "bosses" may only drop 1 rare item and 2-3 magic items, and very rarely a unique even with these stats in solo play is depressing, when the same elites in a group setting are literal loot pinatas dropping anywhere from 8-20 items.

I don't advocate for removing item rarity, but instead make it so that item rarity is achieved through different mechanics or something we get drip feed as we progress throughout the game. Because right now having it as a separate stat on gear forces us to take away from the core aspect of what a ARPG is which is make the character as strong as possible, now rather the objective is how much rarity can I stack and still be comfortable.

PoE1 still has rarity, it even has item quantity, it just does not let it affect most league mechanics.

The fact that it affects EVERYTHING, thus literally every farm strategy has rarity as a mandatory gear piece - is the problem.

Exactly, I think Item Rarity is a core aspect of any respectable ARPG so I definitely think there is a place for it, the current implementation it has unfortunately missed the mark, in its current form is degrading the experience of what end game should be instead of fun all i can think is "I just wish I had more Item Rarity" now I am a degen when it comes to farming so I muster through it, when most others would have quit long before me.

Don't get me wrong I don't mind having stats that are worth chasing for, problem we are faced with right now is that the players who were quick to capitalize on Item Rarity stats are raising havoc on the market, and players who don't get lucky are locked out of participating in the market.